Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Nea Moni Refectory Table. Credit: Balkanique/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The monastery complex covers an area of approximately 17,000 square meters (182,986 square feet) and consists of the ...

And we learn that working in a monastery’s kitchen often illustrated a monk’s particular humility. Adalbert of Prague abandoned his bishopric to become a monk in Rome, “making… ...

A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor with a Greek biblical inscription, at a Byzantine monastery near Kiryat Gat, Israel. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority A 1,500-year-old Byzantine monastery, uncovered ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab. Far from being solo operators, most single-celled microbes are in complex relationships. In the ocean, the soil and your gut, they might ...

A massive Byzantine-era monastery complex with a unique mosaic was recently unearthed next to the southern city of Kiryat Gat, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a Monday statement.

The Pazaislis Church and Monastery Complex is one of the most magnificent masterpieces of mature Baroque architecture in North-Eastern Europe. The shrines were built in the 17th century by the ...